| Best of the best, briefly | 25 |
| Baller's lounge letters | 27 |
| Backstage guest | 15 |
| All-access pass holder | 22 |
| A somebody | 10 |
| Sporty Dodge | 12 |
| Hollow-fanged snake | 19 |
| Dodge model named after a snake | 31 |
| Sporty Dodge model | 18 |
| Spiteful one | 12 |
| Snake, literally and figuratively | 33 |
| Nefarious type | 14 |
| Mean snake or Dodge hot rod | 27 |
| Horned asp or puff adder | 24 |
| Fer-de-lance, for one | 21 |
| Fanged snake | 12 |
| Dodge with a V-10 engine | 24 |
| Dodge sports car | 16 |
| Car alarm named after a snake | 29 |
| Car alarm brand | 15 |
| Adder or asp | 12 |
| Tool for a dueling snake? | 25 |
| Study of snake vision? | 22 |
| Snakes in the grass | 19 |
| Asps | 4 |
| Some hollow-fanged snakes | 25 |
| Hollow-fanged snakes | 20 |
| "Celebrity chef area"? | 32 |
| Freebie for a celeb | 19 |
| Concert comp | 12 |
| It might get you backstage | 26 |
| Concert perk | 12 |
| Backstage access, maybe | 23 |
| All-access ticket | 17 |
| Fancy entrees? | 14 |
| Celebrity perks | 15 |
| Company picnic event enjoyed by underlings? | 43 |
| They get the royal treatment | 28 |
| People who get backstage easily | 31 |
| People in a certain lounge | 26 |
| Limo riders, often | 18 |
| Big names | 9 |
| Wheels, honchos et al. | 22 |
| Somebodies | 10 |
| Red-carpet guests | 17 |
| Prestigious people, for short | 29 |
| Ones who get to cut the line, say | 33 |
| Ones getting bottle service, say | 32 |
| Nabobs, initially | 17 |
| Lionized ones | 13 |
| Limo-riding sorts | 17 |
| Limo riders | 11 |
| CFOs and CEOs | 13 |
| C.E.O.'s, e.g. | 18 |
| C.E.O.'s and B.M.O.C.'S | 31 |
| BMOCs, e.g. | 11 |
| Bigwigs, briefly | 16 |
| Big shots, for short | 20 |
| Big guns, for short | 19 |
| A-listers, for short | 20 |
| Special area at an outdoor concert | 34 |
| Special privileges | 18 |
| Red-carpet reception | 20 |
| Man, in old Rome | 16 |
| Man, to Marcus | 14 |
| Mate for mulier | 15 |
| Manhood, to Marius | 18 |
| Man, to Pliny | 13 |
| Man, to Martial | 15 |
| Man, to Cato | 12 |
| Man, to Brutus | 14 |
| Man of old Rome | 15 |
| Cato or Cicero | 14 |
| Caesar's "man" | 28 |
| Caesar or Brutus | 16 |
| Nagging pain, perhaps | 21 |
| Shrewish sorts | 14 |
| Domineering women | 17 |
| Spreading fast online | 21 |
| Spreading fast on YouTube | 25 |
| Like the flu | 12 |
| Like some infections | 20 |
| Type of infection | 17 |
| Of an infection | 15 |
| Like some modern marketing | 26 |
| Like some Internet videos | 25 |
| Like a popular YouTube video | 28 |
| How some YouTube videos go | 26 |
| How some videos go | 18 |
| What hot music video will go | 28 |
| What "Gangnam Style" went | 35 |
| Very popular, online | 20 |
| Very popular, on YouTube | 24 |
| Very popular, in cyberspace | 27 |
| Spreading like wildfire, as online videos | 41 |
| Quite popular, in cyberspeak | 28 |
| Quickly popular, on YouTube | 27 |
| Pertaining to an infective agent | 32 |
| Of inflective agents | 20 |
| Of an infectious agent | 22 |